catachresis
catachresis[ˌkatəˈkriːsɪs](pl. catachreses -siːz)- [mass noun]the use of a word in a way which is not correct, for example the use of mitigate for militate
词语误用(如将mitigate用作militate)
派生catachrestic[-ˈkriːstɪk, -ˈkrɛstɪk]adjective语源- mid 16th cent.: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis, from katakhrēsthai 'misuse', from kata- 'down' (expressing the sense ‘wrongly’) + khrēsthai 'use'
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